Network relationships and the internationalisation process of small software firms

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-386

  Coviello, Nicole ^a   Munro, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internationalisation process; Networks; Small firms; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206237     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(97)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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